Hailing from Austin, Texas, the members of 13th Floor Elevators were one of… Read Full Bio ↴Hailing from Austin, Texas, the members of 13th Floor Elevators were one of the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic. Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly and religiously endorsed the use of drugs (particularly LSD) to alter human consciousness for the better.
The band rattled to the middle of the Hot 100 in 1966 with You're Gonna Miss Me, anchored by Roky Erickson's unforgettable yelping vocals, Stacy Sutherland's guitar, and Tommy Hall's electric jug runs. According to myth, Tommy's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
The group pioneered some of the first garage psychedelia on its albums The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators 1966, and the followup Easter Everywhere 1967.
However, Texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn't come to terms with 50's rock 'n' roll. The authorities and the police set out to bust the entire band for pot (and—not surprisingly—succeeded).
Stacy Sutherland was jailed. To avoid a prison term, Roky pleaded insanity—a misguided ploy that landed him in Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane for 3 years. That turn of events spelled the end of the band, although there was a posthumous 1968 LP, Bull of the Woods.
Roky Erickson was released from hospital in 1973 and embarked upon a successful solo career that resulted in a CBS album produced by Stu Cook from Creedence Clearwater Revival. During the 1980s he struggled with mental illness and withdrew from public life for many years. However, in the 2000s he has re-emerged with one of his late 70s/early 80s backing bands, The Explosives, playing regular gigs including the Austin City Limits festival in September 2005, as well as Coachella in California, the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden and Montreal World Film festival in Canada.
On May 31, 2019, Roky Erickson passed away.
The band rattled to the middle of the Hot 100 in 1966 with You're Gonna Miss Me, anchored by Roky Erickson's unforgettable yelping vocals, Stacy Sutherland's guitar, and Tommy Hall's electric jug runs. According to myth, Tommy's jug was tuned by the amount of marijuana stored in it.
The group pioneered some of the first garage psychedelia on its albums The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators 1966, and the followup Easter Everywhere 1967.
However, Texas at that time was an extremely conservative area that still hadn't come to terms with 50's rock 'n' roll. The authorities and the police set out to bust the entire band for pot (and—not surprisingly—succeeded).
Stacy Sutherland was jailed. To avoid a prison term, Roky pleaded insanity—a misguided ploy that landed him in Rusk State Hospital for the criminally insane for 3 years. That turn of events spelled the end of the band, although there was a posthumous 1968 LP, Bull of the Woods.
Roky Erickson was released from hospital in 1973 and embarked upon a successful solo career that resulted in a CBS album produced by Stu Cook from Creedence Clearwater Revival. During the 1980s he struggled with mental illness and withdrew from public life for many years. However, in the 2000s he has re-emerged with one of his late 70s/early 80s backing bands, The Explosives, playing regular gigs including the Austin City Limits festival in September 2005, as well as Coachella in California, the Hultsfred Festival in Sweden and Montreal World Film festival in Canada.
On May 31, 2019, Roky Erickson passed away.
Dear Dr. Doom
13th Floor Elevators Lyrics
Dear Dr. Doomâ?¦.
I read your recent letter,
You left so soonâ?¦.
I hope you're feeling better
Noble hearts decision
Mind gold lies the future
You refer to freedoms,
Body , mind , and soul
Love's embracing chalice
Isn't life fantastic
Helping neath the rumors
Of the more of old
Double from with on you
Each mind has its mirror,
Wandering in this existence
From the other folds.
Beginning no end,
Alpha nor Omega,
2 miles or more still appears,
2 miles one more still appears
We won't join in sameness,
We are each one different,
We won't join in oneness,
When we're each one whole
We'll be like in feeling
Being of the spirit
Housed in body crystals
Ever will be inside us,
All within is beauty,
All will be in beauty,
From our lives unfold
Giving no end
Alpha nor Omega,
2 miles or more still appears,
2 miles one more still appears
Dear Dr. Doom,
Read your recent letter
Know you can't make Heaven
In the East Nirvana,
But you can make certain
The ghost is always there
And the always-presence
You have found within you
Is the same in heaven
Fully made aware
Soon as seen as fortune,
Soon as heard as listening,
Soon as sent past talking,
On your own bewareâ?¦.
Dear Dr. Doom
I read your recent letter,
You left so soonâ?¦.
I hope you're feeling better
Noble hearts decision
Mind gold lies the future
You refer to freedoms,
Body , mind , and soul
Love's embracing chalice
Helping neath the rumors
Of the more of old
Double from with on you
Each mind has its mirror,
Wandering in this existence
From the other folds.
Beginning no end,
Alpha nor Omega,
2 miles or more still appears,
2 miles one more still appears
We won't join in sameness,
We are each one different,
We won't join in oneness,
When we're each one whole
We'll be like in feeling
Being of the spirit
Housed in body crystals
Ever will be inside us,
All within is beauty,
All will be in beauty,
From our lives unfold
Giving no end
Alpha nor Omega,
2 miles or more still appears,
2 miles one more still appears
Dear Dr. Doom,
Read your recent letter
Know you can't make Heaven
In the East Nirvana,
But you can make certain
The ghost is always there
And the always-presence
You have found within you
Is the same in heaven
Fully made aware
Soon as seen as fortune,
Soon as heard as listening,
Soon as sent past talking,
On your own bewareâ?¦.
Dear Dr. Doom
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Bruce Triggs
Lyric check? (not like you can reason out the unreasonable):
Dear Doctor Doom, I read your recent letter
You've left some room, I hope you're feeling better
Noble hearts decision, (something) -lys the future
(hindborn lies the future?) (no way that says "pinecone lies the future, that's silly)
You refer to freedoms, body mind and soul
Love's immersing chalice is the light fantastic
Helping link the rumors of the moré bold
Double funnel final each mind in its middle
One in this existence from the other folds
Beginning no end, alpha no omega
Two mouths one voice still appears
Two mouths one voice still appears
We won’t join in sameness, we are each one different
We won’t join in oneness when we're each one whole
We'll be like in feeling, being of the spirit
Housed in body crystals, ever always soul
We’ll be right beside, all we’ve been is beauty (just "beside" or "beside you/him"?)
All will be in union from our life unfolds (oh hold? what?)
Beginning no end, alpha no omega
Two mouths one voice still appears
Two mouths one voice still appears
Dear Dr. Doom, read your recent letter….
Know you can't make Heaven
In the East Nirvana,
But you can make certain
That the ghost is there
And the always-presence
You have found within you
Is the same in heaven
Fully made aware
Sooner seen past watching,
Sooner heard past listening,
Soon as said past talking,
From yours anywhere ,,, (?)
Dear Dr. Doom……
wagner felipe
I found this band today and what a great band
DJ R Superluminal
The Elevators should be in the RRHOF. They were unique and revolutionary
Citadin
@ervbefel nareik the whole concept of a HOF is an anathema to real music that counts.
ervbefel nareik
RRHOF is kinda a joke to be honest tho. Yes its an honor and something to be proud of but doesnt really matter at the same time. There are a whole bunch of other bands that should and could be in there but they're not and it doesn't really matter. I believe The Elevators music will always be around and we don't need to put them on a pedastal like the HOF to prove their worth.
White griffin
The most important acid rock band
patrick hurley
Lovely stuff, brilliant track.
La Musica Arruino Mi Vida
this one is by far my fav version of this incredible song, rip Roky.
rocknrallsoul94 Rockero
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jeffn66
yeah, no horns! This is a true deep cut.
TD45465 ghf
Love the melody on this sing.